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By thatgreenunionguy | 11:01 PM UTC, Tue May 05, 2026

A. Labor, Workers, and Frontline Communities (listed in ascending chronological order):

  • Towards a Just and Sustainable Solar Energy Industry - A Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition White Paper, January 14, 2009
  • Extractivism and Resistance in North Africa - By Hamza Hamouchene, Transnational Institute, October 2019
  • The Road to Ruin? - Electric vehicles and workers’ rights abuses at DR Congo’s industrial cobalt mines - By staff, Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID) and the Centre d’Aide Juridico-Judiciaire (CAJJ), November 2021

B. Lithium, Rare Earths, Cobalt, and Other "Green" Minerals (listed in ascending chronological order):

  • Green Conflict Minerals: The fuels of conflict in the transition to a low-carbon economy - By Clare Church and Alec Crawford, International Institute for Sustainable Development, August 2018
  • Responsible Minerals Sourcing for Renewable Energy - By Elsa Dominish, Sven Teske, and Nick Florin, Institute for Sustainable Futures, 2019
  • A Vision for a Sustainable Battery Value Chain in 2030: Unlocking the Full Potential to Power Sustainable Development and Climate Change Mitigation - By staff - World Economic Forum, 2019
  • A Just(ice) Transition is a Post-Extractive Transition: Centering the Extractive Frontier in Climate Justice - By Benjamin Hitchcock Auciello, War on Want and London Mining Network, September 2019
  • A Material Transition: Exploring supply and demand solutions for renewable energy minerals - By Andy Whitmore, War on Want, March 2021
  • Recharge Responsibly: The Environmental and Social Footprint of Mining Cobalt, Lithium, and Nickel for Electric Vehicle Batteries - By Benjamin Hitchcock Auciello, et. al., Earthworks, March 31, 2021
  • Reducing new mining for electric vehicle battery metals: responsible sourcing through demand reduction strategies and recycling - By Elsa Dominish, Nick Florin, and Rachael Wakefield-Rann, Earthworks, April 27, 2021
  • Just Minerals: Safeguarding protections for community rights, sacred places, and public lands from the unfounded push for mining expansion - By staff, Earthworks, June 17, 2021
  • A Green Shift? Mining and Resistance in Fennoscandia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Sápmi - Mirko Nikolic, Editor, et. al., Yes to Life, No to Mining, September 2021
  • Our Existence is Our Resistance: Mining and Resistance on the Island of Ireland - By Lydia Sullivan - Yes to Life, No to Mining, September 2021
  • Achieving Zero Emissions with More Mobility and Less Mining - By Thea Riofrancos, Alissa Kendall, Kristi K. Dayemo, Matthew Haugen, Kira McDonald, Batul Hassan, and Margaret Slattery in partnership with the University of California, Davis, Climate and Community Project, January 2023
  • Critical Minerals a Critical Look - By Nikki Skuce, Northern Confluence, June 29, 2023

Last Updated - May 16, 2026.

  • A Green Shift? Mining and Resistance in Fennoscandia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Sápmi
  • A Just(ice) Transition is a Post-Extractive Transition: Centering the Extractive Frontier in Climate Justice
  • A Material Transition: Exploring supply and demand solutions for renewable energy minerals
  • A Vision for a Sustainable Battery Value Chain in 2030: Unlocking the Full Potential to Power Sustainable Development and Climate Change Mitigation
  • Achieving Zero Emissions with More Mobility and Less Mining
  • Critical Minerals a Critical Look
  • Extractivism and Resistance in North Africa
  • Green Conflict Minerals: The fuels of conflict in the transition to a low-carbon economy
  • Just Minerals: Safeguarding protections for community rights, sacred places, and public lands from the unfounded push for mining expansion
  • Our Existence is Our Resistance: Mining and Resistance on the Island of Ireland
  • Recharge Responsibly: The Environmental and Social Footprint of Mining Cobalt, Lithium, and Nickel for Electric Vehicle Batteries
  • Reducing new mining for electric vehicle battery metals: responsible sourcing through demand reduction strategies and recycling
  • Responsible Minerals Sourcing for Renewable Energy
  • The Road to Ruin? - Electric vehicles and workers’ rights abuses at DR Congo’s industrial cobalt mines
  • Towards a Just and Sustainable Solar Energy Industry

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